The Patrouille de France display team opened the show on Monday, known as "inauguration day," for the 51st International Paris Air Show.
Thousands were on hand at Le Bourget airport. Here, they watched an Airbus A380 perform.
French President Francois Hollande was on hand to partake in the festivities.
Visitors look into the belly of the behemoth Airbus A400M military transport plane.
US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James was also in attendance
Airbus' A380 is the largest commercial jet in existence.
Static displays give visitors a chance to get up close and personal with the planes
Bombardier shows off its new CS 300 aircraft.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner impressed with its near-vertical takeoff ability.
The massive engines of Boeing's Dreamliner make a safety workers look miniscule.
The focus isn't all on commercial jet-liners. Aerobatic Extra C 33's also took to the skies.
The French Rafele fighter by Dassault shows off its dual after-burners.
The JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter, jointly developed by China and Pakistan, inverted for its demonstration flight.
The fighter jets were just as impressive on the ground.
A Dassault Falcon 8X jet participates in a flying display.
Helicopters are on display, as well. Here, a Tigre HAD gives everyone a dose of its machine gun.
President Hollande was eager to learn from the CEO of Airbus Helicopters, Guillaume Faury.
Even some aircraft of the unmanned variety made an appearance.
Here, An Harfang Male UAS drone is displayed in front the Airbus A380 of Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways was named the best airline in the world by Skytrax.
A peek into the cockpit of Qatar Airways' A380.
The first-class seats of Qatar Airways are just as impressive as the cockpit.
Now celebrate 10 years of the world's biggest plane ...
